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SUMMER SWIMMING
SWIM NOVA SCOTIA SUMMER SWIMMING PROGRAM
Swim Nova Scotia promotes excellence in swimming by developing and encouraging broad
based participation, by ensuring participation is inclusive, and by providing the leadership and
means that will ensure individual excellence at the International, National, Regional and
Provincial levels. We understand that there may be some Summer swimmers that are
interested in maintaining their fitness through the sport of swimming and maintain their team
comradery and peer friendships with their Summer Club. If a Summer Swimmer wishes to
participate in a winter maintenance program; they may do so by registering with a Year-Round
Club as a pre-competitive swimmer; or if an existing Summer Club wishes to offer a winter
maintenance program, the following opportunities will be available to them:
Those that would like to access winter maintenance opportunities may do so September 1st - May 31st
.
• Winter Maintenance opportunities include dryland programs and in-water coach and/or
Club led training up to two (2) hours per week for all ages November 1st - May 31st
Summer swimmers may participate in the following:
• ® Red Cross and Life Saving Society Classes, “I Can Swim” Classes, YMCA swim
instruction program
• ® Fundraising swim-a-thons
• ® Other water sports with an aquatic component, such as Synchronized Swimming,
Water Polo, Triathlon or Diving
Summer swimmers will be permitted to attend one training camp* during the restricted
training period and/or attend the first Nova Tech Aqua Kids or Age Group Development
Meet from the Year-Round program with Swim Nova Scotia as an exhibition swimmer.
If a swimmer has been registered as a year-round swimmer (registered September 1st to
August 31st), then he or she must sit out one summer-season i.e. train/compete year-
round during the 2017-18 season, cannot compete (even as exhibition) the summer of
2018; but eligible the summer of 2019.
*A training camp is an organized period in which athletes participate in a rigorous and focused schedule
of training to learn or improve skills.
LINK TO SWIM NS SUMMARY OF 2019 CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM
Swim Nova Scotia promotes excellence in swimming by developing and encouraging broad
based participation, by ensuring participation is inclusive, and by providing the leadership and
means that will ensure individual excellence at the International, National, Regional and
Provincial levels. We understand that there may be some Summer swimmers that are
interested in maintaining their fitness through the sport of swimming and maintain their team
comradery and peer friendships with their Summer Club. If a Summer Swimmer wishes to
participate in a winter maintenance program; they may do so by registering with a Year-Round
Club as a pre-competitive swimmer; or if an existing Summer Club wishes to offer a winter
maintenance program, the following opportunities will be available to them:
Those that would like to access winter maintenance opportunities may do so September 1st - May 31st
.
• Winter Maintenance opportunities include dryland programs and in-water coach and/or
Club led training up to two (2) hours per week for all ages November 1st - May 31st
Summer swimmers may participate in the following:
• ® Red Cross and Life Saving Society Classes, “I Can Swim” Classes, YMCA swim
instruction program
• ® Fundraising swim-a-thons
• ® Other water sports with an aquatic component, such as Synchronized Swimming,
Water Polo, Triathlon or Diving
Summer swimmers will be permitted to attend one training camp* during the restricted
training period and/or attend the first Nova Tech Aqua Kids or Age Group Development
Meet from the Year-Round program with Swim Nova Scotia as an exhibition swimmer.
If a swimmer has been registered as a year-round swimmer (registered September 1st to
August 31st), then he or she must sit out one summer-season i.e. train/compete year-
round during the 2017-18 season, cannot compete (even as exhibition) the summer of
2018; but eligible the summer of 2019.
*A training camp is an organized period in which athletes participate in a rigorous and focused schedule
of training to learn or improve skills.
LINK TO SWIM NS SUMMARY OF 2019 CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM